A usability assessment of AHLTA in ambulatory clinics at a military medical center

Military Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 518-524

  Staggers, Nancy ^a   Jennings, Bonnie M ^b   Lasome, Caterina E M ^c  

^a Florida Center for Advanced Aero Propulsion   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; DOCUMENTATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOLDIER;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 77954641216     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-09-00285     Document Type: Article

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